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I separated from my daughters mother around four years ago…

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Hi I separated from my daughters mother around four years ago when she was about one, my daughter lived with her mother but spent on average three nights a week with me. I have since had a new child in Jan and am settled with my partner however I noticed my daughters fraught relationship with her mother and also heard stories my daughter was running wild and her mother drinking heavily. I stepped in and agreed I would take primary carer role this has been in place for around eight months and her mother has seen her but not in routine as she’s prioritised partying and working but not paying maintenance and still claiming benefits. My daughters behaviour and school has improved greatly but now her mother has claimed she is taken back primary control. There are no court orders in place so what are my rights I worry about leaving my daughter with her for long periods but difficuly to prove anything although i do have messages from when she admitted she couldn’t pick our daughter up as she had been drinking all night and stating herself she is a horrible mother. She will not budge so what can i do

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